


Speaking from experience, installing Arch Linux is not very different from installing something like Fedora or Ubuntu. So running Arch Linux on your system is kind of a testament to your understanding of Linux. This is because installing Arch Linux on a machine requires you to have proper knowledge of how different parts of a Linux distribution work. Have you ever heard someone say, Oh – by the way, I use Arch Linux! You'll get to choose what packages you want, the kernel (yes there are multiple), the boot-loader, the desktop environment, and so on. It lets you have full responsibility and control over your system. In other words, Arch Linux is a distribution optimized for x86-64 architecture targeted at experienced Linux users.

The default installation is a minimal base system, configured by the user to only add what is purposely required. The freedom of putting together an operating system according to my needs, and that's where Arch Linux comes in.Īccording to their wiki, Arch Linux is an independently developed, x86-64 general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution that strives to provide the latest stable versions of most software by following a rolling-release model. Those with more technical knowledge will probably call it a kernel.įor me, though, Linux is not just an operating system or a kernel. Again, this is not something Virtualbox can control.) scottgus1 Site Moderator Posts: 16800 Joined: 30.If you ask a group of developers what Linux is, most of them will probably say it's an open-source operating system. The you would have to complete the installation and edit the keyboard layout after the OS is installed.

( * if Kali does not ask, then that sounds like a shortsighted situation on their part, not programming for an international audience. Only arrow keys, Enter, and mouse are needed to do this. Windows 10 has the same issue and the same solution: use the keyboard layout page during installation to set the OS to the existing keyboard type. This issue will arise when installing a certain language's OS with another language's keyboard on any PC, not just Virtualbox. *), then you might be able to navigate with the mouse or arrow keys & Tab and Enter, which might be the same in all language keyboard layouts. If you change the layout during the installation of the OS when it asks (if Kali asks. Jlgarnier wrote:I'm then left with running the VM for the first time once with a weird layout then change the locale to get my French layout back.
